Attachment for cigar-bunching machines



Dec. 25 1923. l

' C. A. BOUCHER ATTACHMENT FOR CIGAR BUNCHING MACHINES Filed July 8. 1921 2 sheets-sheet I Dec. 25,1923. 1,478,726 C. A. BOUQHER ATTACHMENT FOIQ CIGAR BUNCHING MACHINES Filed July 8 1921 2 Sheets-Shed 2 Zlwuentoz CY/P/L A. 50067156 Patented Dec. 25, 1923. r I Q entree STATES arent caries.

CYRIL A. BOUCHER, or Jornrmmssonnr.

1 ATTACHMENT ro a orean-nunonrne MACHINES.

7 Application filed July 8, 1921. Serial nof 483,123. To alt whom it may concern: Figure 4 is a rear elevation of the ma- Be it known that I, OYRIL A. Bonornni, a chine showing the invention applied, citizen of the United States, residlng at F igure 5 is alfront elevation, and, f

Joplin, in the county of Jasper and State of lgure 6 is a detail sectional view on line 5 l\ issouri, have invented certain new and use- 6-6 of Figure 1. g

I ful Improvements in Attachments for Cigar: In this illustration,I have shown the at- Bunching Machines, of which the following tachment applied to one standard type of. is a specification. bunching machine, but it is to be understood This invention relates to a binder holder that the use of the invention is not restricted 10 or'attachmentfor cigar bunching machines, tothis single machine as it may be employed the purpose'of which is to hold'a leaf of with various types of bunching machines,

tobacco in position that a portion of it may The machine. to which the attachment is be rolled about'the filler'under slight tension connected comprises a base 1 mounted on a and automatically torn ofi as the bunching table 2 or other suitable support. A pairof 16 operation progresses and is completed. spaced standards 3 form the supports forthe v Heretofore the practice has been to out bunchingmechanism, Abed plate or table 4 or tear the leaf of tobacco into pieces of apis secured tothe base in any suitablemanner, proximately the required size and shape for and projects forwardly. A trough 5 is formed use as binders, by hand process, prior to atthe front of the bed plate. A transverse 20 spreadin a section loosely on the apron of shaft6is mounted in suitable be'aringsformed '75 a i the bunefiing machine; but this practice has in the upper ends of the standards and this been found to be slow, ineflicient and wasteshaft carries a pair of arms or levers 7 conful as much of the valuable binderleaf has nected to each. other at their lower ends been discarded. In the present inventionan by means of a. roller 8. A suitable handle 25 attachment comprising two levers, one of is arranged between the two levers to per which is mounted on the table or bed plate of mit hand: operation. An apron 1O issecured the bunching machine, the other of which is to the front of the bed plate and extends pivotally mounted and adapted to be brought rearwardly from the bed plate, as shown. 7 into engagement with the rigidly mounted When the machine is in operative position,

30 lever by the. operation of the bunching maa trough llis formed in the apron; The a") chine. The binder leaf having been placed apron passes upwardly over the roller 8, as between said levers it is automatically held shown in Figure 2 .ofthedrawings, and is in position and torn off as rolled on the secured to a roller, 12, carried by-a pair of bunch, using only the exact and proper arms 13. These arms are provided with pro-j 36 amount .ofthe binder leaf, that is required jecting members 14: on their upper ends to cover-and hold the bunch inform. The, adapted to be received in cam trackslo of a objects ttained are a saving in labor and cam 16. Each of the camsare further proutilizingthe entire binder leaf, vided with slots 17 adapted to receive pins .A further object is to provlde a meoha- 18, carried by the lever 7. The cams are I 4 nismthait-will stretch the binder, leaf by .unipivoted to the standards 3, at 19." n5

formtenslon and prevent it from folding or The attachment forming the subject mat-v doubling while being rolled .about the filler 'ter of the present invention comprises a supthereby. producing a smooth and more-deport or base plate'20, adapted to be secured sirablebunch. H to thebase of the bunching machine." As

45 In the accompanying drawings, I have shown, the plate is provided with flanges shown one embodiment of the invention. In 21, hav ng openings 22 for the reception of this showing: suitable fastening means. the base plate be- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bunching ing arranged transversely of thebunching machine showing the invention applled, and machme; A"pa1rg,of, ears 2,3 are formed on 5 showing a bunching machine in operation, theplate, the ears forming bearings for the .Figure2 is a similar view showing the reception of a shaft 24. An upright mempositlon of thepartsat the beginning of an ber 25 is provided with n opening for. the operation, i j reception of the shaft to permit lateralad- Figure 3isa detailperspective view of the justment of the member. The bottom of atttachment, the upright member is provided witha foot r a reduced'end ,filler. 'During the first 26, engaging the base plate. A rod or lever 27 is secured in an opening adjacent the upper end of the upright member, the rod being threaded, as at 28, and adapted to receive a nut 29. This rod is arranged over the bed plate of the machine, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, and is provided with a hooked end 30, adapted to engage the front of the bedplate. A pair of spaced rods 31 are with the rod 27 to hold the binder; As shown in Figure 6, the spaced rods, when in lowered position, are arranged on each side of the rod 27,and the tobacco leaf 32 forming the binder is clamped between the rods. The spaced rods are pivotally mounted on a shaft 24;, being provided with U-shaped portions 33 having'openings for the reception of the shaft. A spring 34 "is secured to the rear ends of the pivoted levers to normally retain them in 'the'po'sition shown in Figure 2 of the-drawings. The roll 8 'is providedwith adapted to engage the bunching machine is oprods" 31 when the erated. r V r As the bun'ching machine is of the usual construction, a detail description .of the operatioi is deemed unnecessary. When the bunching operation is to be performed, the filler is placed handle 9 grasped by the operator and moved forward. The binder is placed on the portion of" the apron overlying the bed plate with its rear edge projecting into the trough 11. Heretofore, the binder leaf has been cut to the proper size before being placed in the machine, but by the use of the present invention, the binder leaf is torn at the side of the machine, thereby eliminating the necessity of preparing the binder' leaf in the proper size. The movement of the pins 18 in the slots 17 of the cams turns the cams on their pivots and moves the arms 13 rearwardly from the position shown in Figure 2 of'the drawings, to theposition shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, drawing the apron 10 rearwardly and bunching the halfof the operation,'the cam :action rolls the bunch firmly and then slowly relaxes, allowing the last half toroll smoothly but not tight.

7 The operation of the attachment is as folthe pivoted wardly, the roller 8 engages thepivoted rods "31 moving action 'of. spring 34 to the position shown in Figure 6 of the drawings. is rolled by the apron, the leaf is rolled around it and carried "forwardly, Theleaf lows: V V levers 7 are moved forbeing clamped by rods 27- and 31 is pre vented frommbving and thep'o'rtion-of the v o i im; --'a nder;

le'af is'iirlrnunding the hunch is thusseyered The forward ,m'evenient adapted to cooperate.

in the trough 11' and the .hold the theinon their pivot-s against the 7 As the bunch acent the inner;

forwardly and severs it 7 Bymeans of the lateral adjustment ofthe V rods 27 and '31, the attachment may be fitted to various types'or sizes. of bunching machines. lVhen the attachment is put in. place, the nut 29 is tightened and the one gagement of the hook 30 withthe bed plate retains the rod 27 V exerted on the upright member 25 by the rod 2'7 maintains the fofot 26 ineng'ag'ement with the base plate and prevents lateral. movement. When the nut 29 is "loosened, the uprightmember 25 may justed. 1 c g V. 7

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewithshown and described is to be taken as a preferredexample of the same, "and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit. of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim: v 1

'1. An attachment for cigarfbunching machines comprising a fixed rod arranged on the bed plate of the machine, and a pivoted spaced rod arranged adjacent said fixed rod and adapted to be swung on itsp'ivot by the operation of the launching mechanism to binder firmly that it maybe torn the desired length as the launching operation progresses; V

2. A bunching machine comprising an. apron, a pair of pivoted levers, a roller connecting said levers, said apron passing over said roller, a bed plate, means operable by the movement'o'fsaid levers to bunch'a filler arranged on said apron, a fixed jrod arranged on' sai'd bed plate, and a pivoted spaced rod cooperating therewith toffi-rmly be laterally adhold the residueof the binder 'leaf whenthe machine comprising abed plate, an'apron arranged oversaid-bedlplate,

a pair of pivoted levers, a roller connecting said levers, said roller bemg arrangednnder said apronto bunch a filler when the levers arem'oved on their pivots, mounted on the bed plate, and a pivoted. "r'od arranged over saie bed plate 7 operat d V by said roller to firmly hold the binder that it may be torn adjacent to said rod.

4;. A bunching machine comprising a bed plate, an apron arranged over said bed plate, a pair of pivoted levers, a roller arranged between saidlevers, said apron passing over said roller,a fixed rod mounted on said bed plate, a pivoted rod arranged over said bed plate and adapted to cooperate With said fixed rod to firmly hold the binder, and a spring for normally maintaining said pivoted rod in raised position.

5. A device for firmly holding cigar binders during the bunching operation comprising a rod arranged on the bed plate of a bunching machine, and a ivoted spaced rod arranged over said bed p ate and cooperating with said first mentioned rod to securely hold the binder as it is being stretched around the filler and torn off adjacent the 20 inner edge of said spaced rod.

6, A device for securely holding cigar binders during the bunching operation comprising a rod arranged on the bed plate of a bunching machine, a pivoted spaced rod arranged over said bed plate and cooperating with said first mentioned rod to firmly hold the binder residue While the portion required to cover the filler is being torn therefrom by the operation of the bunching machine, and means for normally maintaining said spaced rod in a raised position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa-,

ture in presence of two Witnesses.

V OYRIL A. BOUGHER.

Witnesses:

LEON S. BOUCHER, S. H. BOYLAN. 

